midwest city and dallas,has had 29 comfirmed since friday,they cant get a 30th comfirmed?? they took this away fr4om the kcbs office girls.......must be computor glitches again????:becky:

boogiesnap

01-23-2012, 01:32 PM

^^^that looks like a tough field.

Craig Pippin

01-23-2012, 04:24 PM

Wow! Still a LOT of openings...I wonder why? :cool:
As for Region 1:

Last year there was 1 contest for AZ and Southern CA and that was in Phoenix. This year has Tuscon and San Diego, so AZ teams went to Tuscon.

Same for Nor Cal, last year 1 in Sacramento. This year none in Nor Cal and 1 in Salt Lake and 1 in Vegas. Diluted the field.

Also there are big So Cal and Nor Cal contest the same date as the Regional in Albq., so a lot of teams go to those and think it would be a waste to go to the local Sam's.

big brother smoke

01-23-2012, 05:04 PM

There is simply no way to get to Albq, if I was fortunate to advance with my work schedule. And the subsequent 13 hours drive one way is a killer for me (and even longer in the RV). So, I made the choice not to do San Diego and potentially knock someone out of contention.

Pig Headed

01-23-2012, 07:33 PM

I wonder who dropped out of Laurel, MD? The KCBS website now shows only 29 teams when it was full earlier.

RangerJ

01-23-2012, 08:10 PM

midwest city and dallas,has had 29 comfirmed since friday,they cant get a 30th comfirmed?? they took this away fr4om the kcbs office girls.......must be computor glitches again????:becky:

You let me and Rob down, after winning that tiebreaker in Austin!:-P:becky::becky::becky::becky: Best of luck to you guys this year!

smoke-n-my-i's

01-24-2012, 07:20 PM

Wow! Still a LOT of openings...I wonder why? :cool:

Can't really say as to why at other locations, but for the Greensboro, NC one, there is another KCBS comp the same dates just 73 miles away. It is almost in my backyard, so you know where I am going..... :becky: that and the prize money is a LOT more.... :thumb: so, I opted to not go to Greensboro Sam's Club Series and go to a closer one with more payout seeing that will probably be the only one I cook this year....

So why would KCBS allow 2 comps on the same weekend so close together???? Interesting concept as to what they were thinking.

Curly Tails

01-24-2012, 07:47 PM

The Marietta GA. contest had us down twice. So Kudzu Q will be taking spot #5 ( Curly Tails BBQ ) . I had the same problem as most others when trying to register. Got the message that we had already registered so I tried it again with my wifes KCBS # and added BBQ to the name and got in. I guess the first one took though. KCBS is taking # 5 and changing it to Kudzu Q.

luckyduk

01-24-2012, 08:09 PM

So why would KCBS allow 2 comps on the same weekend so close together???? Interesting concept as to what they were thinking.

Des Moines Iowa has two other contests within a 120 mile radius.....:crazy:

cdkeach

01-24-2012, 08:41 PM

The Marietta GA. contest had us down twice. So Kudzu Q will be taking spot #5 ( Curly Tails BBQ ) . I had the same problem as most others when trying to register. Got the message that we had already registered so I tried it again with my wifes KCBS # and added BBQ to the name and got in. I guess the first one took though. KCBS is taking # 5 and changing it to Kudzu Q.

I hadn't caught that. We had the "already registered" problem as well and that's why we ended up on the wait list. Glad it worked out.:clap2:

See you there Curly Tails!

cdkeach

01-24-2012, 09:17 PM

Curly Tails...I just realized we're practically neighbors. Since you had trouble with the duplicate registration, where did you compete last year. I don't remember you in Marietta.

Chris

cdkeach

01-24-2012, 09:28 PM

Curly Tails...I just realized we're practically neighbors. Since you mention having the duplicate problem, where did you compete last year. I don't remember you in Marietta.

Chris

INmitch

01-25-2012, 07:59 PM

I see Canton finally got 30 registered. I'm anxious to see that list. From what I've heard it's got a lot of tough teams in it.

82's BBQ

01-25-2012, 10:04 PM

I see Canton finally got 30 registered. I'm anxious to see that list. From what I've heard it's got a lot of tough teams in it.

I've been starting to think we were going to go into it blind

Carnivorous Endeavors BBQ

01-26-2012, 03:38 PM

I would have loved to cook the Baton Rouge event or even judge for that matter. But once again KCBS decided to go head to head against the largest established IBCA contest in Louisiana that is paying out 11K. We only get 3 KCBS contests in Louisiana and they do this. One of the the other two is Hammond and it is almost impossible to get an entry into that contest. I hope new BOD members give some consideration to the cookers when scheduling these contests in the future. The regional for this contest isn't until september. There were at least 18 other weekends with no scheduled contests. It just doesn't make any sense to limit the bbq cookers options for contests when we have so few already.

Still Smokin

01-26-2012, 04:26 PM

I just got in the North Charleston SC event, still room for more teams.

4 smokin butts

01-26-2012, 08:41 PM

we were told in san deigo sams looks at money,their paying it ,so they do there contests when they want to,dosent realy matter when our contests are,money talks too them..not overly accomidating to teams,not even a special on ice,or even a discount....its numbers,numbers,numbers

DawgPhan

01-26-2012, 09:24 PM

you guys to remember that Troy Black is driving an RV from contest to contest..He hits the road in Feb and doesnt really go home until Oct. In reality there were "18 other weekends" they could have done the contest. There was really only that weekend if you look at the schedule and the driving time.

Sucks that it is at the same time as another contest, I am sure that happened around the country. It happened in GA with a really nice second year contest that I hope is just moving instead of going away.

INmitch

01-26-2012, 10:25 PM

Just a nuetral post here but..Sams recoupes $237,500 in entry fees (providing all comps are full). But they are paying Troy to run around the country for damn nere 2/3 of the year working his a$$ off making sure the whole thing gets pulled off. They're still throwing a bunch of $ at this!
Logistics come into play and yes It's going to interfear with other comps. Last year they were competing in TX with 115* heat. This year it makes sense the way the schedule is set up.
Last year I was lucky enough to make it to Bentonville And it was awsome!

Troy Black is awsome!:eusa_clap

Even though we still had to pay for ice in B'ville.:decision:

Carnivorous Endeavors BBQ

01-27-2012, 12:43 PM

Until i read the last couple posts, I didn't realize the entire national contest was scheduled around one man. With that being the case i guess the schedule does make sense in that regard and it appears that it also is trying to take time of year and temperature into account. It just unfortunate timing for some of us and hopefully it rotates a bit next year...including rotating where the regionals are held each year so those of us who have financial limitations could afford making it to a regional should we be so lucky to advance.

lcbateman3

01-27-2012, 04:39 PM

I would love to do one of them, but with other contests near the same weekend, it just doesn't work out for me to drive the distance. Good luck to all the teams this year though!

gmholler

01-27-2012, 05:43 PM

I was just perusing the KCBS site, and I noticed that the Sams contest in Dallas is no longer in Dallas (I think it was actually Duncanville, TX that it was located in), but now the site lists the contest as being in Westworth Village, TX, which is located a little west of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex (the date is the same). I know the contest in Huntsville, AL switched Sams clubs as well (it started out at the one on the west side of town and now is at the Sams on the south side of town) - am I correct that this is Sams' doing? Hopefully, it won't cause too many problems - we'll have to hold off making motel reservations until we're sure where the Austin contest is going to be, as we like to stay close to the site...

Lynn H.

dmprantz

01-27-2012, 06:04 PM

Sam's Club Huntsville was moved from Augusta, GA, 300 miles away, though the change did come before registration. As far as I know, it was Sam's doing.

dmp

nukenight

01-27-2012, 06:12 PM

The Huntsville contest has actually moved after it came from GA. At first, they listed the Sam's Club on the west-side of Huntsville as the contest location. Now the contest is listed as being on the south side, just off the Memorial Parkway.

dmprantz

01-27-2012, 07:34 PM

Thanks. I wasn't aware of that, and it's good to know since that's where I'm competing.

dmp

NRA4Life

01-28-2012, 10:14 AM

Region 4, Canton OH is filled now, so all of Region 4 local comps are filled.